The Yellow Cranes Returned

The Yellow Cranes Returned is a piece of bamboo flute music composed by the bamboo flute master Kongjianhua in 1980s when the Yellow Crane Building was rebuilt. To commemorate this event he composed this music at his age of 60, which constituted trilogy for his music career.

The perfoming time can last 7 to 8 minutes for this music. It portrayed the legendary yellow crance returning to their hometown Wuhan Hubei province. The Yellow Crane Building is situated beside Changjiang River, and the yellow cranes were dancing, flying freely over the sky. This music gives us hearing enjoyment by using narrative method. It is divided to four parts, the opening part, the early morning of Changjiang River, the picturesque scenery, the dynamic yellow cranes, the epilogue, during which the figures of yellow cranes can be seen everywhere across each passage.

The difficult points for this music are obvious. Many bamboo flute lovers detour due to the skill of unceasing playing by using circular breath when playing some parts of it. I began to learn this music one month ago. However it is not easy to play well. On May 18, I will give a show at a concert. There are still over 10 days, I will try my best to practice it more with an expectation to have a better result.